Albus Dumbledore and the Socks in the Mirror (of Erised)

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No: HPFGUIDX 80373

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "sbursztynski" <greatraven at h...> wrote:
> --
> > A world in which Dumbledore could expect to receive something as 
> > warm, fuzzy, and prosaic as socks for Christmas would be one which 
> > did not hang in the balance.  It would be a world in which he would 
> > not have to be wary of having his caring for others turned back on 
> > him.  It would be a world in which he would not have to sacrifice 
> > the  happiness (or the very life) of "the boy who lived."
> > 
> > Sandy, aka "msbeadsley"
> 
> What a wonderful post! ....... We can only hope DD survives to enjoy this world and 
be 
> given socks for Christmas in the last scene.
> 
> Sue B

I agree with Sue, great post.  I'd like to comment on the timing of this.  He would no 
longer be able to answer Harry's question this way.  At that time, for all he knew, 
Voldemort wouldn't appear for many years, he had many years to enjoy Harry and 
prepare him for the future which was still out there somewhere in the distance.  I'd 
like to think that at some point, Dumbledore's concerns about Voldemort and Harry 
and the yet to be fulfilled prophecy will be over and someone (Harry?) will give him 
some socks.